Osterman v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true, as tile defendants insist, that when the purchases were made by Baldwin, Texas was a foreign country, with a constitution forbidding aliens to hold real estate. But the defendants cannot object on that ground. T 'ntil oiliee found, Baldwin was competent to hold land against third persons. No one has any right to complain in a collateral proceeding if the sovereign does not enforce his prerogative. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Billings v. Aspen Mining & Smelting Co.

2. ““Even if the defendants could have made this objection while the Republic of Texas existed, they cannot malee it now, because when Texas was admitted into the Union the alienage of Baldwin was determined. His present status is that of a person naturalized, and that naturalization has a retroactive effect, so as to be deemed a waiver of all liability to forfeit, and a confirmation of bis former title.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bogan v. Edinburgh American Land Mortg. Co.

3. ““That an alien may take by cleed or devise, and hold against any one but the sovereign until office found, is a familiar principle of law, which it requires no citation of authorities to establish.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bogan v. Edinburgh American Land Mortg. Co.